There is a real baby boom going on. Some are pregnant, others have already given birth. The perfect opportunity to crochet something. Pinterest offers a perfect place to get inspired. Via Pinterest I found a lovely pacifier cord, designed by Art Evy. Unfortunately this site is not longer available. However, it isn't a complicated pattern. So I ordered some pacifier clips and wooden beads. In no time I made this lovely pacifier cord. So simple, but the result is stunning!

zondag 11 augustus 2013

I use this pattern quite often to add a little happiness! It´s such a simple flower, but it always makes me happy. And with sharing this pattern, everybody can add a little colour and happiness into their lives. What would it be great if everybody make a lovely flower and give it to somebody special and with that, we make each other more happy!

I made the flower as follows:
Step 1: 5 single crochet into a magic ring.
Step 2: Into the first stitch add *slip stitch, chain 2, 3 double crochet, chain 2, slip stitch* repeat untill you have five petals.
Leave a long tail to attach the flower.

maandag 5 augustus 2013

A few months ago a bought some craft stuff and lovely new yarn in great colours. One of the things I bought was an 'empty ring'. I always love the idea that you can make a ring exactly how you want. So with my 'empty ring' and my new colours I was thinking, what shall I make (I mostly first buy something and than I start looking for ideas). When I'm looking for inspiration, I open my cabinet with beads, buttons, fabrics, etc. There I found a button in almost the same colours as my pink yarn... and than the idea was born. Now you can see the result of my idea!

maandag 20 mei 2013

Half a year ago I bought a huge tin of Hama beads, about 15.000 beads. I thought it wouldn't be a lot, but it is! By now the tin is still full for two-thirds, so now and than I grab my tin of beads and go design lovely simple designs. Some I've found on the internet (the cupcakes f.e.), others are designed by myself (like the bunny). This grey Monday (here in the Netherlands) is a perfect day to make lot's of colourful cards. I really love the simplicity of the white card, the text and the lovely colours of the Hama beads. Well, here are the results!

These chicken eggs are made with Styrofoam egg covered (glued) with coloured paper. Than finish it off with eyes and a beak. Put a wooden skewer into the bottom of the egg en place it in a lovely vase with flowers or in a plant. These chickens aren't of course only nice for Easter, but also for Spring!Love,JoyJonne Hooks

It's almost Easter, and I love it because of all the beautiful pastel colours and the cute bunnies, chickens, eggs, etc. Today I really had to crochet something quick, lovely and hilarious and I did! I went on the internet and saw this great picture of Pepika and decided to give it a try... and this is the result.

You'll probably steal the show while wearing this hilarious ring. I wrote the pattern down so you are able to have such a lovely ring as well. (You can also make the ring some bigger and use it as a napkin ring, thanks to one of my Twitter followers for this great idea!)

Bunny head R1: 4sc into a circleR2: 2sc in each sts around (8 sts)R3: *1sc, 2sc into the next st* repeat 4 times (12 sts)R4: 1sc in each st around (12 sts)R5: *1sc into the next st, 2tog* repeat 4 times (8 sts)R6: *2tog* repeat 4 times (4 sts)Stuff and finishing off leave a long yarn to sew on the ring.Ears (make 2):R1: Chain 7R2: sc, dc, dc, dc, sc 3 sc into the same st. Now you work on the other side of the chain, sc into the next st, dc, dc, dc, sc, ss in the st of the last round. Leave a long yarn to sew the ears on the bunny and finishing off.Ring:

The size of the ring depends on the size of your fingers. It's possible to adjust the number of stitches.

I really love the colourful beads. It has such a great result and it's so easy and quick to make. In my last post I showed my colourful beads deer. Well, I made two more and frame them!! Look at the results, isn't it lovely! I'm really over the moon with the result :D. I hope I showed you how trendy and great this is in your interior.

Furthermore this month I made a lovely card for a new born! I used blue dots for the giraffe because it's a boy, you can use, pink or red dots for a girl!

Dear readers, my first blog post of 2013 is a fact again! I am busy with
a few big crochet projects and that's why I have not many time left for
other small projects. But yesterday I really had to do something with
my creativity, so I made some stuff with colourful Hama beads.

First of all this lovely deer. You can frame it or glue it on a notebook, or something like that. Original it is a necklace I guess, but in my opinion it is quite big for a necklace. If you have other creative ideas what I could do with this deer, let me know!